A sad end to a search for a 12-year-old New Orleans boy. New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says searchers found Bryan Vasquez dead in a lagoon near his home.
Vasquez was a nonverbal autistic boy who disappeared from his home August 14th when he climbed out of a bedroom window.
A 17-year-old pregnant woman is fighting for her life after being shot in what police are calling a road rage incident. Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff Gerald Sticker says there were two drivers tailgating and brake-checking one another, and it culminated with 54-year-old Barry West shooting into a vehicle and hitting the teen in the head. Sheriff Sticker says the investigation is ongoing.
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West is charged with four counts of attempted second degree murder. The teen gave birth to her child in the hospital.
As cleanup efforts continue in Tangipahoa Parish from the chemical plant explosion in Roseland, there are concerns over the environmental impact of the incident. Dr. Rustin Reed, an environmental expert at Tulane University, says whenever there’s an explosion at a plant that manufactures oil and lubricants like Smitty’s Supply, there will be emissions of certain kinds.
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A game changer in healthcare in the Shreveport-Bossier City area, as Willis Knighton Health has joined the Mayo Clinic Care Network. Dr. Lane Rosen, the medical director of radiation-oncology at Willis Knighton, says the partnership with The Mayo Clinic will allow Willis Knighton to take its services to the next level.